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About the eConference
The World Bank Institute (WBI) and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility (ICR) have partnered to present an Electronic Conference (eConference) on Business and Peace. Based on resources and video presentations captured at the initial Peace Through Commerce Conference held November 13-15, 2008, at George Washington University School of Business , WBI and ICR have combined efforts to convene moderators and presenters to host a follow-up online conference to generate world-wide discussion on how ethical business practices can foster peace.
This eConference will last for nine weeks, with a different topic covered each week. Presenters from the conference will be online so that participants can directly dialogue with the experts on this topic. The eConference aims to illuminate the contribution responsible business and economic development can make toward building peace, by discussing practical action to advance understanding, investment and systemic change toward Peace Through Commerce. Read FAQs
About the World Bank Institute
The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The World Bank Institute (WBI) is one of the Bank’s main instruments for developing individual, organizational, and institutional capacity through the exchange of knowledge among those countries. WBI designs and delivers learning programs that create opportunities for development stakeholders to acquire, share, and apply global and local knowledge and experiences.
The Business, Competitiveness, and Development Program works directly with the private and public sectors and their key stakeholders to integrate social and environmental responsibility, good governance, accountability and engagement with the poor as vital components of corporate strategy, to promote business contributions to development and enhanced competitiveness.
About Peace Through Commerce
Peace Through Commerce® is an integrated outreach, education, and engagement program which illuminates the contribution that commerce, trade, and economic development make toward building sustainable peace. Through a collaborative, multi-sector alliance, this program catalyzes practical action to advance understanding, investment and systemic change toward Peace Through Commerce. FLOW and the Peace Through Commerce Alliance Partners are committed to celebrating and advancing the role of enterprise in promoting peace and well being.
Peace Through Commerce Alliance Partners: Initial Collaborators
Institute for Corporate Responsibility
The Institute for Corporate Responsibility (ICR) was established at George Washington University in 2006 with a mission of fostering research, education, and outreach on the topic of corporate responsibility. ICR houses four overlapping program areas: Business, Integirty, & Peace, Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Global Stakeholder Strategies. ICR is designed to allow for in-depth, focused research in each of these program areas as well as to address what the leadership of ICR believes to be the central issue confronting corporations today. That issue is the integration of various strands of corporate responsibility in order for corporations to be effective institutions accountable for the impact of their actions on shareholders, employees, customers, and other interested parties. The Institute's Executive Director is Timothy L. Fort, the Lindner-Gambal Professor of Business Ethics.
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT)
The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.
It is based on a vision of the world's largest industry, travel and tourism - becoming the world's first global peace industry; and the belief that every traveller is potentially an "Ambassador for Peace". A primary goal of IIPT is to mobilize the travel and tourism industry as a leading force for poverty reduction.
FLOW
Founded by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, and educational entrepreneur Michael Strong, FLOW is a non-profit corporation dedicated to “liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good,” and focusing it on the goals of sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness for all, in our lifetime. FLOW advances its mission through three ongoing initiatives: Conscious Capitalism®, Peace Through Commerce®, and Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs™.
Questions? Contact our event team at info@peace.businessfightspoverty.org
For more information on how to get the most out of the eConference, download the "eConference Guidance and Tips," on how to register, update your profile, and participate in the eConference. Be sure to add a picture and some personal / professional information in your individual profile, as the profile is the unique tool to help "put a face" members of the community, and to each contribution.
About the eConference
The World Bank Institute (WBI) and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility (ICR) have partnered to present an Electronic Conference (eConference) on Business and Peace. Based on resources and video presentations captured at the initial Peace Through Commerce Conference held November 13-15, 2008, at George Washington University School of Business , WBI and ICR have combined efforts to convene moderators and presenters to host a follow-up online conference to generate world-wide discussion on how ethical business practices can foster peace.
This eConference will last for nine weeks, with a different topic covered each week. Presenters from the conference will be online so that participants can directly dialogue with the experts on this topic. The eConference aims to illuminate the contribution responsible business and economic development can make toward building peace, by discussing practical action to advance understanding, investment and systemic change toward Peace Through Commerce. Read FAQs
About the World Bank Institute
The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The World Bank Institute (WBI) is one of the Bank’s main instruments for developing individual, organizational, and institutional capacity through the exchange of knowledge among those countries. WBI designs and delivers learning programs that create opportunities for development stakeholders to acquire, share, and apply global and local knowledge and experiences.
The Business, Competitiveness, and Development Program works directly with the private and public sectors and their key stakeholders to integrate social and environmental responsibility, good governance, accountability and engagement with the poor as vital components of corporate strategy, to promote business contributions to development and enhanced competitiveness.
About Peace Through Commerce
Peace Through Commerce® is an integrated outreach, education, and engagement program which illuminates the contribution that commerce, trade, and economic development make toward building sustainable peace. Through a collaborative, multi-sector alliance, this program catalyzes practical action to advance understanding, investment and systemic change toward Peace Through Commerce. FLOW and the Peace Through Commerce Alliance Partners are committed to celebrating and advancing the role of enterprise in promoting peace and well being.
Peace Through Commerce Alliance Partners: Initial Collaborators
Institute for Corporate Responsibility
The Institute for Corporate Responsibility (ICR) was established at George Washington University in 2006 with a mission of fostering research, education, and outreach on the topic of corporate responsibility. ICR houses four overlapping program areas: Business, Integirty, & Peace, Environmental Sustainability, Corporate Governance, and Global Stakeholder Strategies. ICR is designed to allow for in-depth, focused research in each of these program areas as well as to address what the leadership of ICR believes to be the central issue confronting corporations today. That issue is the integration of various strands of corporate responsibility in order for corporations to be effective institutions accountable for the impact of their actions on shareholders, employees, customers, and other interested parties. The Institute's Executive Director is Timothy L. Fort, the Lindner-Gambal Professor of Business Ethics.
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT)
The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism (IIPT) is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.
It is based on a vision of the world's largest industry, travel and tourism - becoming the world's first global peace industry; and the belief that every traveller is potentially an "Ambassador for Peace". A primary goal of IIPT is to mobilize the travel and tourism industry as a leading force for poverty reduction.
FLOW
Founded by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, and educational entrepreneur Michael Strong, FLOW is a non-profit corporation dedicated to “liberating the entrepreneurial spirit for good,” and focusing it on the goals of sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness for all, in our lifetime. FLOW advances its mission through three ongoing initiatives: Conscious Capitalism®, Peace Through Commerce®, and Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs™.
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